National University of Singapore: Improving Aid Effectiveness
Between 2 July – 18 July, NL-Aid is enjoying a summer recess. From 19th July, you can read articles of our authors again. Untill that time, we have selected Youtube videos in which development thinkers are centered. In this episode: Aid Effectiveness. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on [...]
Australian National University: Foreign Aid by Dr Stephen Howes
Between 2 July – 18 July, NL-Aid is enjoying a summer recess. From 19th July, you can read articles of our authors again. Untill that time, we have selected Youtube videos in which development thinkers are centered. In this episode: Dr. Stephen Howes. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share [...]
The Chen Guangcheng Case: Hollywood’s Batman, China’s Legal Daredevil and the Rest
(John Givens, who joins the Center for Asian Democracy in August, guests for The Durian again, this time blogging on the Chen Guangcheng affair)In mid-December of 2011, Christian Bale, Hollywood’s Batman, made headlines when he accompanied by a CNN camera crew was rebuffed and chased by plain-clothes guards for attempting to visit the unlicensed lawyer, [...]
US nominates first ambassador to Burma in 22 years
I don’t know if he suspected that he’d be promoted back in January when he gave the Center for Asian Democracy’s inaugural annual lecture, but on May 17th Derek Mitchell, the Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma, was nominated by President Obama to be the first US ambassador to the country in 22 years. [...]
PHILIPPINES: Indigenous leader opposing mining murdered
Mr. Benigno Aquino III, President Republic of the Philippines Dear Mr. Benigno Aquino III , Name of the victim: Jimmy Liguyon, 37 years old, married with 5 children,Vice chair of the indigenous peoples’ group KASILO Lumad, belonging to the Matigsalog tribe, Barangay (village) chair of Dao, San Fernando, Bukidnon Alleged Perpetrators: 1.Alde Salusad a.k.a. Butsoy, [...]
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